Prison suicides hit record high in England and Wales Prison suicides last year rose to an all time high with 119 people having taken their own lives. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) began recording statistics in 1978 and the latest figures also...

The imprisonment for 40 days of a single mother of a teenage son for not paying her council tax was held to have been ‘unlawful’ by the High Court yesterday. Melanie Woolcock, who owed £4,700 in arrears, was arrested by two police...

Local newspapers have called upon their readers to express their opposition to controversial proposals that could see libel costs awarded against them even if they win. Yesterday a government consultation on the Crime and Courts Act 2013, section...